🇸🇩 Sudan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇩 Sudan SD / SDN #15

Nomad Score 31.0

Cities 7

Region African Union, Arab League, Arab World, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Northern Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency SDG

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal republic under a military junta

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 14/100

Press Freedom (2025) 30.3/100 #156

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.130

HDI 0.511

Regional Blocs AU, AL

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal republic under a military junta

Title	Name
President of Sudan	Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Vice President of Sudan	Malik Agar

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 14 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 30.3 / 100

Global Rank #156 / 180

Rank Change -7 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #143 29.3

Economic #156 30.2

Legal #155 33.5

Social #143 40.6

Safety #172 18.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.130

Liberal 0.034

Participatory 0.051

Deliberative 0.023

Egalitarian 0.078

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	30.3	156	29.3	30.2	33.5	40.6	18.1
2024	35.7	149	32.9	32.7	37.6	46.1	29.4
2023	40.8	148	42.1	28.4	31.5	40.2	62.1
2022	41.0	151	47.1	30.0	41.5	51.0	35.4
2021	47.1	159	-	-	-	-	69.6
2020	44.7	159	-	-	-	-	57.4
2019	27.6	175	-	-	-	-	83.9
2018	28.9	174	-	-	-	-	77.0
2017	26.4	174	-	-	-	-	72.3
2016	27.5	174	-	-	-	-	93.1
2015	27.7	174	-	-	-	-	47.3
2014	28.1	172	-	-	-	-	-
2013	29.9	170	-	-	-	-	-
2012	100.8	170	-	-	-	-	-
2010	85.3	172	-	-	-	-	-
2009	54.0	148	-	-	-	-	-
2008	42.0	135	-	-	-	-	-
2007	55.8	140	-	-	-	-	-
2006	48.1	139	-	-	-	-	-
2005	44.0	133	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index